Jewish History in 100 Nutshells
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1996
344 pages
978-1-4616-2911-5 (ISBN)
Description
How does this Jewish history book differ from all others? Instead of burdening the reader with endless details about every single aspect of Jewish history, Pasachoff and Littman provide essential information, easily digested by readers of all ages, that chronicles only the major events and people of the past. The history of the Jews covers a period of over 3,500 years, with an overwhelming number of countries and lands. It is a microcosm of the history of the world. Consequently, even a one-volume work can be difficult to read from cover to cover to gain the sweep of Jewish history. This book speaks to the reader who is interested in individual topics or periods and wants a quick-reference guide to the people and places that truly shaped Jewish history. At the same time, if read from beginning to end, these 'nutshells' will provide a chronological history of the Jews.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-4616-2911-5 (9781461629115)
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- CHRONOLOGY
- 1 - ABRAHAM AND THE PATRIARCHS
- 2 - MOSES
- 3 - THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE REVELATION AT SINAI
- 4 - THE HEBREW BIBLE
- 5 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE BIBLE
- 6 - SAUL AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM
- 7 - KING DAVID
- 8 - SOLOMON AND THE FIRST TEMPLE
- 9 - THE DIVIDED KINGDOM
- 10 - AMOS AND HOSEA
- 11 - ISAIAH AND HEZEKIAH
- 12 - THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
- 13 - JEREMIAH
- 14 - THE BABYLONIAN EXILE AND THE RETURN
- 15 - EZRA AND NEHEMIAH
- 16 - HELLENISM
- 17 - JUDAH MACCABEE
- 18 - THE HASMONEAN STATE
- 19 - HEROD THE GREAT
- 20 - THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES AND HILLEL AND SHAMMAI
- 21 - THE DIASPORA DURING THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- 22 - JESUS
- 23 - PETER, PAUL, AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY
- 24 - THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
- 25 - THE JEWISH WAR (66-70 C.E.)
- 26 - THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE
- 27 - THE FALL OF MASADA
- 28 - YOHANAN BEN ZAKKAI AND THE SANHEDRIN AT YAVNEH
- 29 - BAR KOKHBA
- 30 - RABBI JUDAH THE PRINCE AND THE REDACTION OF THE MISHNAH
- 31 - CONSTANTINE AND CHRISTIANITY
- 32 - THE JEWS OF BABYLON
- 33 - THE JERUSALEM AND BABYLONIAN TALMUDS
- 34 - MOHAMMED
- 35 - THE KARAITES
- 36 - THE JEWS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD BEFORE 1400
- 37 - THE JEWS OF ITALY
- 38 - THE JEWS OF SPAIN
- 39 - A 12TH-CENTURY ZIONIST: JUDAH HALEVI
- 40 - THE LEGACY OF MAIMONIDES
- 41 - NAHMANIDES AND THE 1263 DISPUTATION
- 42 - THE BIBLE OF THE JEWISH MYSTICS: THE ZOHAR
- 43 - THE JEWS OF ENGLAND: MASSACRE AND EXPULSION
- 44 - RASHI
- 45 - THE INQUISITION AND EXPULSION FROM SPAIN
- 46 - THE MARRANOS
- 47 - THE JEWS OF MEDIEVAL GERMANY
- 48 - HEBREW PRINTING
- 49 - MARTIN LUTHER AND THE JEWS
- 50 - THE JEWS OF AMSTERDAM
- 51 - ISAAC ABRABANEL
- 52 - THE JEWS OF VENICE AND THE FIRST GHETTO
- 53 - KABBALISTS AT SAFED
- 54 - JOSEPH CARO AND THE SHULHAN ARUKH
- 55 - THE EXCOMMUNICATION OF SPINOZA
- 56 - JEWS ARRIVE IN THE NEW WORLD
- 57 - THE CHMIELNICKI MASSACRES
- 58 - THE SHABBETAI ZEVI AFFAIR
- 59 - THE DEVELOPMENT OF HASIDISM
- 60 - MOSES MENDELSSOHN AND THE JEWISH ENLIGHTENMENT
- 61 - EMANCIPATION
- 62 - RELIGIOUS RESPONSES TO MODERN CHALLENGES
- 63 - THE PALE OF SETTLEMENT
- 64 - THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD
- 65 - SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE AND 19TH-CENTURY JEWISH HISTORY
- 66 - EARLY ZIONIST VOICES
- 67 - MODERN ANTISEMITISM
- 68 - THE POGROMS OF 1881
- 69 - THE BEGINNINGS OF ALIYAH
- 70 - THE DREYFUS AFFAIR
- 71 - THEODOR HERZL, THE JEWISH STATE, AND THE FIRST ZIONIST CONGRESS
- 72 - THE EMERGENCE OF AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM
- 73 - THE KISHINEV POGROMS
- 74 - THE UGANDA CONTROVERSY
- 75 - THE BEILIS BLOOD-LIBEL CASE
- 76 - ELIEZER BEN-YEHUDA AND THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN HEBREW
- 77 - TEL AVIV AND DEGANYAH: A NEW CITY AND A NEW TYPE OF COMMUNITY
- 78 - THE BALFOUR DECLARATION
- 79 - THE BRITISH MANDATE OVER PALESTINE: "THE WHITE PAPER REGIME"
- 80 - THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION
- 81 - THE OPEN DOOR CLOSES
- 82 - BIROBIDZHAN: THE SOVIET UNION'S "JEWISH AUTONOMOUS REGION"
- 83 - MORDECAI KAPLAN AND RECONSTRUCTIONIST JUDAISM
- 84 - KRISTALLNACHT: THE NIGHT OF THE BROKEN GLASS
- 85 - THE WANNSEE CONFERENCE: GENOCIDE BECOMES STATE POLICY
- 86 - THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING
- 87 - THE EXODUS 1947 AND ILLEGAL ALIYAH
- 88 - THE UN PARTITION RESOLUTION
- 89 - THE BIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL
- 90 - JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
- 91 - "OPERATION MAGIC CARPET" AND "OPERATION EZRA AND NEHEMIAH"
- 92 - GERMAN RESTITUTION TO VICTIMS OF NAZISM
- 93 - THE "DOCTORS' PLOT": PRELUDE TO STALIN'S "FINAL SOLUTION"?
- 94 - THE SINAI CAMPAIGN
- 95 - THE EICHMANN TRIAL
- 96 - THE SIX-DAY WAR
- 97 - THE YOM KIPPUR WAR
- 98 - PEACE WITH EGYPT
- 99 - THE ORDINATION OF FEMALE RABBIS
- 100 - THE FALASHAS ARRIVE IN ISRAEL
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- About the Authors
